Nippon TV, Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment company, has announced its first-ever partnership with CJ ENM, a leading entertainment company in Korea, for the co-production of a new cross-cultural romantic comedy drama series titled Merry Berry Love (working title). The series follows a down-on-his-luck spatial designer and a strawberry farmer as they find love on a remote Japanese island, and stars top Korean and Japanese actors. 

Scheduled to air on Nippon TV in 2026, the drama will also be available for global streaming on Disney+, as part of the strategic collaboration between Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. and The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.

Starring Korea’s Ji Chang Wook (The Manipulated, The Worst of Evil) as spatial designer Lee Yubin, and Japan’s Mio Imada (Tokyo Revengers) as strawberry farmer Karin Shirahama, Merry Berry Love (working title) is directed by Kim Soojung (Semantic Error) and written by Lee Jaeyoon (Divorce Insurance) and  developed and produced by CJ ENM (Parasite, Queen of Tears) and co-produced by Nippon TV (Mother, Woman).

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